The Figaro trilogy /
Who was Figaro? Not the impertinent valet of the operas of Mozart or Rossini, but both the spirit of resistance to oppression and a bourgeois individualist like his creator. The three plays in which he plots and schemes chronicle the slide of the ancien régime into revolution, but also chart the gro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Summary: | Who was Figaro? Not the impertinent valet of the operas of Mozart or Rossini, but both the spirit of resistance to oppression and a bourgeois individualist like his creator. The three plays in which he plots and schemes chronicle the slide of the ancien régime into revolution, but also chart the growth of Beaumarchais' humanitarianism. They are also exuberant theatrical entertainment, masterpieces of skill, invention and social satire which helped shape the direction of the French theatre for a hundred years. This lively new translation captures all the zest and energy of the most famous valet in French literature.--From publisher description. |
| Physical Description: | xxxvi, 306 pages ; 20 cm. |
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| ISBN: | 9780199539970 0199539979 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |